Acknowledgements

Melanie Shelton, Kenyon College class of 2013, researched, wrote, and designed this website in a project developed by Kate Pourshariati, film archivist and cataloger, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Photographs and visual materials all come from the University of Pennsylvania Archives; Sol Worth Papers.

We would like to thank:

Eunice Kahn, Archivist, Navajo Nation MuseumMark Lloyd, University of Pennsylvania ArchivesNancy R. Miller, University of Pennsylvania ArchivesAlessandro Pezzati, Senior Archivist, Penn MuseumEric Schnitke, Assistant Archivist, Penn MuseumAmy Ellsworth, Digital Media Center, Penn MuseumMike Condiff, Digital Media Center, Penn MuseumStephanie Mach (Dine), Penn MuseumVanessa Iyua (Dine), Greenfield Intercultural Center, University of Pennsylvania Richard Chalfen, Temple University.Dan Friedlaender, Temple University.Sol, Tobia and Deborah Worth and John Adair,And MOST OF ALL , the filmmakersJohn NelsonSusie BenallyAlta KahnMike AndersonMaxine TsosieMary Jane TsosieAl Clahand their families.For production and publishing of the newly restored films in DVD format we would like to thankAdolf A Paier and Geraldine Paier PHDThe National Audiovisual Conservation Center at the Library of Congress including:Stephen LeggettKen WeissmanMike MashonRob StoneRestoration of the Navajo Film Themselves series of films and creation of the fine grain masters was made possible by a collaboration with the Library of Congress, together with the hard work ofBrian Allan, Ken Mitchell Claire Downey, Carol Galbraith, Donna Ross, Cary O’Dell, John Carter, Yale Penzell, Patrick Kennedy, Michael Hinton, Robyn Schnellenberger, Rebekah Castaneda, Julia Schmitt, Barbara Whitehead, Ken Kuban, Larry Youmans and Elizabeth Stanley.Thank you to all of the people in Window Rock and Pine Springs who graciously invited us to come and screen the films there, and for showing us around
Thank you to
Calvin Toddy
Alfred Kahn Sr.
Tina Kahn
Susie Benally
John Nelson
Ruby Nelson
Anthony Nelson
The Iyua familyThank you to the screening organizer and collaborator and friend Eunice Kahn, Archivist of the Navajo Nation Museum; and Museum Director Manuelito Wheeler. We also thank Robert Johnson of the Navajo Nation Museum for his consultation and all of the staff members who worked to pull the screening and reception together.For the production of Pine Springs Then and Now:Calvin Toddy
Eunice Kahn
Alfred Kahn Sr.
John Nelson
Ruby Nelson
Anthony Nelson
Jim Mathieu, Penn Museum
Robert Pruecel, Penn Center for Native American StudiesThank you to Camera & Sound man Shapoor Pourshariati
Consultant/ Post production translator Vanessa IyuaProduction assistant Sean MassaConsultant Teresa MontoyaFor post production support we thank the Penn Museum Amanda Mitchell-Boyask
Post production thanks to Amy Ellsworth, Kiersten Shank, Alyssa Kaminsky, and Dave Toccafondi of the UPENN Vitale Digital Media Lab Thank you to the Pine Springs Community AssociationEmerson Daya, Alfred Kahn, and Mark Deschinny NAPTShirley SneveGeorgianna Leeand Jessica Kinsnerand for many putting people together, one of her many talentsElizabeth Weatherford, National Museum of the American Indian